LIGHT
2Kozmo Scaredy Lion
Archetype:
Kozmo
ATK:
1200
DEF:
500
View:
2968
During either player's turn: You can banish this card; Special Summon 1 Level 3 or higher "Kozmo" monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Kozmo Scaredy Lion" once per turn. Once per turn: You can pay 500 LP, then target 3 of your banished "Kozmo" monsters; return them to the Graveyard, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to your opponent.
Kozmo Scaredy Lion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52.7 · Deck: 54.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Kozmo Scaredy Lion is a 1200-ATK Level 2 body whose value is its effect: it can leave the field-side zone it is in to Special Summon a Level 3 or higher Kozmo monster from hand, which converts a low-cost hand card into a larger Kozmo body. Its once-per-turn ability (pay 500 LP to return three banished Kozmo monsters to the Graveyard and deal 500 damage) gives recursion and a small reach component, but it has no evidenced combo conversion (0 combo appearances), so the Starter/Combo enabler score rests on text and deck evidence. Its 1200 ATK earns nothing, and the score is held down by the absence of any negation or removal and by a Kozmo-only text that depends on a second Kozmo card being in hand.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in 14 of 14 sampled decks at 1.79 copies on average, with no searcher evidenced, and its effect needs a Level 3+ Kozmo already in hand (observed deck frequency; hand requirement from text). (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text shows a one-card hand-to-field conversion into a Level 3+ Kozmo, but no combo boards were recorded, so the conversion size is unmeasured (verified text; conversion size inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Trades itself for a Level 3+ body from hand, which is roughly card-neutral, and the 500 LP recursion returns three banished monsters to the Graveyard for future reuse (verified text; net advantage inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal, or disruption text is present; only direct damage of 500 (verified). |
| Material Utility | 30 | No material role was observed (material role 0), and the card's own effect banishes it rather than using it as material; Level 2 material fit is speculation and is not scored (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its first effect can be used during either player's turn and needs no board presence, giving some multi-turn reach, but no negation-resistance evidence exists (verified text; resilience inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Level 2, 1200/500, no garnet or lock text, a 500 LP cost that is not a lock, and copies spread at 1 to 3 per deck (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 52.7, Deck ≈ 54.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand-to-field conversion into a Level 3+ Kozmo body while banishing itself
- Once-per-turn 500 LP recursion of three banished Kozmo monsters to the Graveyard, with 500 damage
- Present in 14 of 14 sampled decks, mostly with Kozmo partners (Kozmo Dark Destroyer and Kozmo Tincan at 85.7% each)
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so conversion into a full board is unproven
- Dead in any hand without a Level 3+ Kozmo monster
- No negation, removal, or disruption
- Recursion costs 500 LP per use
Counters / choke points
- No counter evidence supplied; generic hand disruption is inferred, not observed
Best use
Starter and Level 3+ Kozmo summoner from hand, with Graveyard recursion via the 500 LP effect. Decks: Kozmo. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summons a Level 3 or higher Kozmo monster from hand when it is banished (card text); Once per turn, pay 500 LP to return three banished Kozmo monsters to the Graveyard and deal 500 damage (card text); Appears in 14 sampled decks; 8 are Kozmo, avg 1.79 copies (deck stats); Level 2, 1200 ATK, 500 DEF, LIGHT Psychic (card data)
- Observed: Kozmo Dark Destroyer and Kozmo Tincan co-occur in 12 of 14 decks (85.7%); 78.6% of decks are gameplay type 7 (deck stats); Zero combo boards recorded (combo stats)
- Inferred: Acts as a Starter because it converts a hand card into a larger Kozmo body (text-based role); Low-cost hand-to-field conversion is roughly card-neutral (text-based); Kozmo-only text makes its hand requirement a real limit outside Kozmo lists (text-based)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from deck sample only no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) card text does not state where the banish occurs; not assumed no rulings supplied single guide mention; contextual only, not scored